Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 10:33
From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which [is] by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
33. Gilead ] This country lay between Bashan on the north, and Moab and Ammon on the south. It was of a mountainous character, and was chosen by the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh because it was so well adapted for the pasturage of their numerous flocks. These tribes were all included at this time in Hazael’s conquest, and so the phrase ‘cut Israel short’ was fully borne out, for one quarter of the whole ten tribes was thus taken from her.
Aroer ] This city was on the south boundary of the tribe of Reuben, which was the southernmost of the three trans-Jordanic tribes. Thus it marks the extreme limit in that direction of the conquests here mentioned, while Bashan marks that on the north. Nothing was left to Israel, east of the Jordan, for Bashan was the northern part of the land assigned to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Arnon ] This torrent bed, full of water in the rainy season, but dry in summer, after the character of all the clefts in the east of Jordan, is wrongly described by ‘river’ of A.V. In R.V. it is rendered valley of Arnon. It formed the border between Israel and Moab.
Bashan ] This district, which like Gilead was mountainous, lay between Gilead and Mt Hermon. It was well wooded also. ‘The oaks of Bashan’ are frequently mentioned, and so are the cattle, the ‘fat bulls of Bashan’. The loss of such a district must have been very fatal to Israel. After this notice Bashan, which in the early days is often spoken of in connexion with Og, the king whom the Israelites vanquished on entering the land, disappears from the Bible history. Hazael’s conquest was never recovered.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The loss of the entire trans-Jordanic territory seems to be intended, or at any rate its complete ruin and devastation (compare marginal reference y). This was the home of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasseh Jos 22:1-9. It was more accessible from Damascus than the region west of the river.
Aroer – There were several places of this name. The one here mentioned is the most famous (compare Deu 2:36 note).
Even Gilead and Bashan – The writer had previously called the whole territory Gilead; now he distinguishes it, more accurately, into Gilead, the southern, and Bashan, the northern region 1Ki 4:13, 1Ki 4:19.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
From Jordan eastward, to wit, from the land of Canaan.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
From Jordan eastward,…. This was principally the coast on which Hazael smote them, to the east of the land of Canaan:
all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Moabites; the country on the other side Jordan, given to these tribes by Moses, at their request, which were before the kingdoms of Sihon and of Og:
from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan: countries which the Israelites first conquered, and were the first they lost.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(33) From Jordan eastward.This verse defines the border land which Hazael ravaged, and, in fact, occupied. It was the land east of the Jordan, that is to say, all the land of Gilead, which was the territory of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
From Aroer.Aroer, now Arr, on the Arnon, was the southern limit of Gilead, which extended northward to Mount Hermon, and included Bashan. Even (both) Gilead and Bashan, is added to make it clear that the whole of the land east of the Jordan, and not merely Gilead in the narrower sense, was conquered by Hazael. These conquests of Hazael were characterised by great barbarity. (Comp. Amo. 1:3-5, and Elishas prediction of the same, 2Ki. 8:12, supra.) Ewald thinks Hazael took advantage of the internal troubles at the outset of the reign to effect his conquests. But a man of Jehus energy must soon have established domestic tranquillity.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
33. From Jordan eastward This exposed frontier, occupied by the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, was the first to fall into the hands of foreigners. They were more nomadic, and, from constant contact with the neighbouring nations, lost the more rapidly their sympathy with the western tribes. Hazael smote and subjugated them, but Pul and Tiglath-pileser carried them away into captivity. See 1Ch 5:25-26.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 10:33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which [is] by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
Ver. 33. All the land of Gilead. ] A rich and fruitful country: not Ramothgilead only, lately recovered by Joram; but all that region beyond Jordan, held by the Syrians for about sixty years after. 2Ki 14:25
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
eastward = toward the sun-rising.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun
the land of Gilead: Num 32:33-42, Deu 3:12-17, Jos 13:9-12
even: or, even to, Amo 1:3, Amo 1:4
Reciprocal: Num 32:19 – we will 2Ki 8:12 – the evil 1Ch 5:18 – Reuben Pro 14:28 – General Jer 49:1 – their king